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MoD sources warn Palantir role at heart of government is threat to UK security
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>Thiel apparently gives talks about the Antichrist You forgot to mention the part where Thiel tells, in all seriousness, that the Antichrist is on Earth, now, and may literally be Greta Thunberg [1]. And that's one of the reason Greta Thunberg must be opposed. > He's actually a very thoughtful Christian That's one way to upsell "deranged". Thoughtful he is (as many lunatics are). As far as religious aspects go, him l…
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Slight correction:
Thiel grew up in what today is Namibia, not South Africa, see your 6. His parents left for the US when the planned opening of a uranium mine nearby made clear that there would be an influx of black people.
On the notion of Thiel being a very thoughtful Christian (your parent poster): if you can define adherence to Nazi philosopher's Carl Schmitt doctrine thoughtful where he fears "the satanic unification of the world", then by all means.
If you like to read an In-depth article about the influences on Thiel (incl. by Wolfgang Palaver) there is a very thorough article in Wired (disable JavaScript):https://www.wired.com/story/the-real-stakes-real-story-peter...
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#283We're not a serious country anymore. We build very little. We control very little. Three years ago the war in Ukraine broke out causing the energy price crisis and the short term solution was the government paying a portion of everyone's bills. Three years later we're in the same situation again thanks to the US and Israel's warmongering. Are we prepared? No. What's the solution? Freezing the price caps and paying a…
You say that as if a "serious" country would have a better solution. Which countries are "serious" in your view?
In my opinion (not OP), a serious country would look at it's basic national security risks, and work to minimise them.
I'm not talking terrorism, far more basic than that.
Food, Energy, Transport Communications, Manufacturing.
Are you either able to be the provider of any of these if it really came down to it, or are you dependent on a single outside source?
Most countries will be unable to fulfill all of these, but they can mitigate by not being dependent on a single source, maybe working together in a union.
Russia has been an unreliable partner for energy for decades (if ever?), yet the UK yoked itself with them relying on their gas for energy instead of diversifying. We are doing it now but it has been far too late to mitigate the damage.
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Hence the Carney strategy up here in Canada. We can realize in hindsight that we were far too dependent on a single ally. We're diversifying - and even if America wants to become reliable again we've learned and will (hopefully) never be so dependent again. In the post WW2 era most western countries grew lazy about sovereignty due to America's open-handed approach - this has been a wake up call and has severely lower…
China is not going to defend Canadian interests, friend.
When did America defend Canada's interests that didn't coincide with American interests?
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I still don't understand why Theil and Karp decided to name their surveillance tech company after a device that is best known for being used by an evil dark lord to decieve and corrupt. It's like the Mitchell and Webb skit "are we the baddies" except they're the ones who designed the uniforms with skulls on them.
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Yes, when it makes the front page of the FT (2 days ago) you know there's some interesting stuff going on. The whole article is worth a read (I didn't known JD Vance's career was "largely bankrolled by Thiel").
>US tech billionaire and Maga donor Peter Thiel is starting a series of closed-door lectures about the antichrist in Rome on Sunday, putting him on a collision course with Pope Leo XIV, the Catholic Church’s first American pontiff....
* https://www.ft.com/content/fc1e7e9a-9d5d-4217-b9b2-38069eb11...
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#286Palantir is dragging a small independent Swiss investigative newspaper to court because they reported[1] about Palantir getting the door slammed in their face in by several Swiss government agencies including the military over the last years. No one wants this turd of a company. [1] https://www.republik.ch/2026/02/18/how-tenaciously-palantir-...
Now with Golden Dome, Palantir is a global security threat not just a national one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dome_(missile_defense_s...
golden dome seems less useful by the day now that drones are the new unstoppable weapon of choice
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#287You could probably do a series of parody 007 trailers and insert clips of a different Palantir leadership team member saying insane shit in interviews as the Bond villain in each one.
Re: MoD sources warn Palantir role at heart of government is threat to UK security
#288Palantir is dragging a small independent Swiss investigative newspaper to court because they reported[1] about Palantir getting the door slammed in their face in by several Swiss government agencies including the military over the last years. No one wants this turd of a company. [1] https://www.republik.ch/2026/02/18/how-tenaciously-palantir-...
The company I worked for has a contract with them. My best guess as to why is that shareholders use their power over management to force publicly traded companies to funnel money into the pockets of their mafia friends. I can’t explain what actual business value the platform provides.
I do know that they’re on pretty much all large organizations’ shortlist when they need any type of data intelligence, all of them note even remotely related to the type of intelligence the government has/needs.
And that they’re outrageously expensive as well but somehow still land a lot of these deals.
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https://www.ft.com/content/a46cb128-1f74-4621-ab0b-242a76583... He has a paper thin understanding of classics, which he then uses a device to sprinkles everywhere to make him appear more clever. https://fortune.com/2026/02/04/peter-thiel-antichrist-greta-... I can't find the speech anymore, but his basic thrust is that Tunberg and anyone who thinks that unleashing raw AI on the internet is an antichrist. They are the…
The op-ed does not strike me as evil. If you could find the original video, I would like to see it. I mistakenly thought the article was referencing his talk at Cambridge Union, but it sounds like the "antichrist" talk was closed door. His Cambridge Union speech didn't strike me as evil either.
Video of an interview on the topic with the NYT https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010244372/peter-...
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> constantly talks about the anti christ and getting rid of democracy “He’s just got a quirky sense of humour” Where does this inclination to completely brush off what is pretty clearly exceedingly weird and concerning behaviour come from?
Money